Re: [Swarm-Support] JAS-1.1 vs Java-SWARM-2.2

[Paul Johnson]

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Swarm-2.2 is an Objective C library and a Java Native Interface through 
which programs written in Java can access the Swarm Libraries.  Swarm 
was the first of these so-called agent-based modeling frameworks and 
there are many applications that use it.

JAS is a native Java approach that combines the best of breed free Java 
components (such as Colt) with some other components that are Swarm-like 
in nature.  Its web page says it is a Swarm Clone.  JAS is a new-ish 
project being developed by researchers at the University of Torino, 
Italy, mainly the developer is Michele Sonnessa.

During the Swarmfest, we were discussing the question of Java and it 
seems to me that people are of two minds.  I don't like Java much at all 
and prefer C style programming.  Other people like Java a lot.  Those 
people who prefer Java have many choices of libraries, not limited to 
JAS, but also Ascape, Repast, Mason, and who knows what else.  If it is 
important for your Java model to match the behavior of a Swarm model 
written in Objective-C, then you have no real choice but to write your 
model with Swarm.  However,if you are just a person who likes Java (a 
feature that still baffles me :) ), you might be happier using something 
else.

This is something of a religious question, as you might infer.  I don't 
want to have a big fight about it, these are just my opinions.

pj

Venkatesh Pranesh Mysore wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a Computer Science doctoral candidate at the Courant Institute, 
> New York. I am surveying large-scale multi-agent simulation tools. I 
> am trying to contrast JAS-1.1 with Java-SWARM-2.2. Can somebody bring 
> me up to speed on this issue ? 
>
> regards,
> Venkat
>
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